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The Media and Entertainment Metaverse: What to Expect

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The media and entertainment metaverse , complete with 3D avatars, is no longer a distant prospect. A Closer Look at Metaverse Entertainment. In the entertainment industry, the Metaverse has and continues to connect audiences in shared virtual spaces via headsets and their respective or third-party virtual spaces. VR Theme Parks.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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After a year that turned our lives upside down, the world is slowly going back to normal – proven, among others, by a large number of XR events in 2021. XR Events in 2021 – Celebrating the Industry that Made Lockdown Bearable. Our Top Recommendations: Must Attend XR Events in 2021. AWE Asia 2021. Where: Online.

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Holoride details its in-car VR entertainment system and the opportunities for content creators [Exclusive]

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I’ve had the immense pleasure of interviewing Marcus Kuehne from Holoride, one of the most interesting and original XR startups out there : they provide in-car entertainment via VR headsets, with the VR content that has the movements synchronized with the actual movements of the car. Let’s talk about holoride. What is it?

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The Auggie Awards 2021

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The award for Best Developer Tool was presented by Khronos Group President Neil Trevett to Mixed Reality Toolkit for Unity (MRTK-Unity) by Microsoft. ?. ” Best Location-Based Entertainment. AWE co-founder and Futurewei Technologies Director of AR/VR Tish Shute presented the award to Masterpiece Studio. Best Developer Tool.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

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The global pandemic has changed the rules for everything, and the situation is so confusing and so rapidly evolving that any prediction for 2021 is completely unreliable, too. 2021 won’t be the year of VR. Well, let’s be honest, this won’t happen in 2021, either.

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Unity Completes IronSource Merger

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This Monday, the popular real-time 3D (RT3D) engine Unity completed its merger with Ironsource to introduce tools for mobile platform developers to track core user metrics that enhance eCommerce opportunities. Unity has merged with @ironSource. Unity (@unity) November 7, 2022. Read the blog for more details.

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Top 5 AR SDKs for Building Augmented Reality Mobile Apps?

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Although most people still consider AR as an entertainment technology, we can see its practical implementations in various industries like e-commerce, healthcare, architecture , training, and many others. Unity support – It is an important parameter for any AR development app. or newer, Unity for iOS and Android, and Unreal Engine.